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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active Review

ST17a (ST17a)     See other variants reviews Score: 50.8 / 100

Sony Ericsson Xperia Active is a decent Android cellphone launched back in the year 2011, which counts with a 5 MP back side camera, a small sized 3" multi touch capacitive screen and a CPU ticking at 1 GHz. Let's take a closer look at what this device offers to us.

Sony decided to power this device using a good performance processing unit clocking at 1 gigahertz, bundled in a Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 chip with 512 MB of RAM. To help with graphic intensive apps and games, it also uses a 245 MHz Adreno 205 graphics processing unit. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Active counts with a 327,68 MB internal memory, a mediocre amount that may be enough for some users considering that it also has an SD memory slot to store songs, pictures and videos.

Sony forgot about weight optimization in this 3.91 oz cellphone, far heavier than other similar devices. This phone is a little thick for today's standards, being as thick as 0.65 inches.

Sony equipped this cellphone with an average 3 inches display, and a 480 x 320 resolution, which makes all images and movies look quite colorful and brightful. This display uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Active offers Wi-Fi connection (which it can share with other devices as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G connection type, using HSPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a SIM card for GSM carriers.

This cellphone is only equipped with a 5 MP back-facing camera. This cellphone also films videos up to 1280x720 (HD). This cellphone also includes many valuable characteristics like auto-focus, flash, face detection shooting, digital image stabilization, geo tagging and smile detection shooting.

This cellphone also comes with a few interesting characteristics such as Bluetooth and GPS Localization, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer and Compass.

This phone counts with a poor 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery that provides the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active a below average battery durationcompared to other devices. Sony informs a 351 hours stand by time and a 4.9 hours talk time for this cellphone.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Active is not cheap at all considering it is offerred for $ 290, while many similar devices are sold for much less than that. Sony also sells this phone with Charger, microUSB cable for charging Synchronisation and file transfer, Arm case, 2GB microSD memory card, user documentation, Sport stereo headset, Wrist strap and Exchangeable cover.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Sony
Operating System (OS):Android 4.0, 2.3
Variant:ST17a
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Product code:ST17a
Dimensions:3.62 x 2.17 x 0.65 inchesMetric9.19 x 5.51 x 1.65 cmImperial
Weight:3.91 ouncesMetric110.85 gImperial
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:2GB microSD memory card, Arm case, Charger, Exchangeable cover, Sport stereo headset, Wrist strap, microUSB cable for charging Synchronisation and file transfer, user documentation
Release date:2011-06-22
Price:$ 290.00

Display

Screen Type:TFT (16M colors)
Size:3 inchesMetric7.6 cmImperial
Resolution:320 x 480 pixels
Pixel density:192 pixels per inchMetric75.59 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255
Processor:Scorpion (Single-Core 1000 MHz)
RAM Memory:512 MB (333 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 205 (245 MHz)
Internal Memory:327,68 MB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:1200 mAh
Stand-by Time:351 hours
Talk Time:4.9 hours

Camera

Back camera:5 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Max video resolution:1280 x 720 (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging and Smile Detection Shooting

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:SIM
UMTS Bands:800, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Yes
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor